Ramirez played in the inaugural WBC for Cuba in 2006. At 43 years and 224 days, Roger Clemens holds the record for the oldest ...

Cuban baseball is ready to shine on the international stage with its preliminary 35-player roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. This team, blending the wisdom of seasoned veterans with the ...

Cuban baseball players intensify training even as they wait on US visas to take part in the World Baseball Classic in March ...

World Baseball Classic, Inc. today announced the final rosters submitted by the 20 baseball federations participating in the ...

Durham, N.C. — Ahead of Friday night's game between the USA Collegiate National Team and the Cuban Senior National Team at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, two Cuban baseball players have defected while in ...

— -- About this time last summer, two federal investigations into the smuggling of Cuban baseball players to the United States were gathering momentum. Most Cuban defectors on Major League ...

MIAMI — Jose Vilela fled Cuba for the United States when he was 14 years old after spending six months in a concentration camp. Like many of his compatriots, he settled in Miami's Cuban neighborhood, ...

Cuban baseball player César Prieto, a highly touted 22-year-old infielder, ditched the Cuban national team Wednesday and defected to the United States. Prieto and his then-teammates arrived in Florida ...

No independent Cuban baseball team has competed in an international competition, but FEPCUBE had hoped to change that later this month at a tournament in Colombia. Those plans were spoiled this week ...

HAVANA (AP) -- Two of Major League Baseball's biggest names are in Havana as part of a sports diplomacy program that aims to foster personal ties between citizens of the U.S. and Cuba, two nations ...